UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has called for renewed efforts to boost intraregional trade in Africa, commenting that it could help in bringing peace to the continent, at a forum held to mark the 50th anniversary of the African Union.​

At the request of Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce, UNCTAD has held a sensitization workshop on issues related to the question of Cambodia's graduation from the United Nations category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).